finances/frugal ideas

How to Find Out How Much You Paid in Paypal Fees Last Year

By now, you’ve probably received most of your needed tax documents in the mail and may even be gearing up for tackling your federal taxes (or taking your shoe box of things to your accountant).  Either way, if you have a business, whether as a blogger, an online shop owner, or the like, you may [...]

10 Things I’ve Learned While Planning a Disney World Trip

We’ve been busy planning a Disney World vacation.  I have been twice before.  Once, for one day, when we were staying in a condo on the Gulf coast while I was in fifth grade.  And, once for four days while Eric and I were in college 13 years ago.  Needless to say, I suspect, this [...]

7 Quick Takes: September 9, 2011 (Vol. 96)

~ 1 ~ Eric and I have decided that we should just have a personal chef come in and make us dinner everyday.  They would also have to plan the meals and shop for them too, of course.  We continued on with this line of talk for a while. Finally, Molly said, “Back up!  Back [...]

Free Source for Homeschooling Materials

The last few years, we have used history curricula (different ones) that have been very heavy in real books, instead of textbooks.  While this is wonderful for my children, it can be hard on our homeschool budget. The first year that we did it, we used Winter Promise, and I bought almost all of the [...]

The Year of the Summer Staycation

As I mentioned yesterday (in my post about Madison, Wisconsin), many people are finding themselves taking a Staycation this year instead of a big summer vacation.  With raising prices and a weak economy, it just makes sense to a lot of families to stay in town or take day trips (or single overnights) instead. Check [...]

Summer Staycation: Madison, Wisconsin

I’m so excited to be part of the big Summer Staycation posting today that bloggers all over the blogosphere are taking part in hosted by The Happy Housewife and Springs Bargains!  The idea behind this is that with rising gas prices, as well as so many other things that we budget for (like food) going [...]

10 Tips for More Efficient Homemaking

Do you ever struggle with keeping up your home?  I know that I definitely do!  Here are 10 tips that have helped me on my road to attempting to be a better homemaker (and not the kind that burns Rice Krispie Treats three separate times on the same batch). 1. Have a Couple of Go [...]

Our Food Pantry Donation

  During Lent, as you may remember, we limited the types of things that we could buy from the grocery store.  We didn’t actually end up saving much money (at all), but we ate a lot healthier (given what we were allowed to buy).  Still, I wanted to report back that we did hold up [...]

First Communion Cards Don’t Have to Cost a Fortune

Hi! I’m Lacy from Catholic Icing and Angie invited me here today to show you all the amazing First Holy Communion cards I found at the Dollar Tree. Can you even believe that? They actually had a whole section that was dedicated to First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Know what the best part is? They [...]

A Small Craft Room Makeover with an Even Smaller Budget

Yesterday, I posted about going from deciding to straighten up my craft room for our Spring Spruce Up to making a plan for an actual room makeover.  I shared with you the planning process that we took, and then also shared what it looked like when we took everything out of the craft room.  (In [...]

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